These mince pies aren't bad, but they are not very impressive either. They are a bit... anonymous, and the cheaper pies from yesterday are much better. 2 out of 5. #MincePieADay #MincePieFest2024
Wednesday, November 06, 2024
Mince Pie Fest 2024: Aldi Specially Selected
For reasons I cannot fathom, these are usually quite difficult to find, selling out quickly and getting restocked fairly late. Not so this year. No idea why.
The pastry has a very nice texture, soft and crumbly, but with just enough firmness that the pie doesn't disintegrate as you bite. Alas it's a bit bland in taste, and although the filling starts well with an initial burst of flavour ("COGNAC, PORT & CIDER" the box booms), that fades away quickly, like tears in the rain.
These mince pies aren't bad, but they are not very impressive either. They are a bit... anonymous, and the cheaper pies from yesterday are much better. 2 out of 5. #MincePieADay #MincePieFest2024
These mince pies aren't bad, but they are not very impressive either. They are a bit... anonymous, and the cheaper pies from yesterday are much better. 2 out of 5. #MincePieADay #MincePieFest2024
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I feel like the cheaper varieties being better is not an uncommon theme for this exercise.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I meant to ask on the first post, but what's a Christmas cake? Is it like fruitcake, or something else entirely? Nobody in my family is much of a cake person (my dad's strictly a pie guy), so I'm not sure I've heard of it.
It's basically a fruitcake, which is made months in advance, soaked in booze and Christmas spices, and left to "mature". Many families make it a tradition to make it at a halfway point in the year, and get it out to add a bit more alcohol every so often.
DeleteThen it usually gets a white marzipan icing, that sort of resembles snow if you squint, and often it's decorated with little models of snowmen and other Christmas figures.
There's a fair bit of crossover in terms of flavours and ingredients between Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, and mince pies, but they do still each have a distinctive flavour, and the mince pies from the other day do taste a bit more like the cake.